Family History, Onyett Chart 0306 Lester Earl Onyett, Frances Keyes and Leon Glover

1920 US Census - Oroville, Butte, California 1930 US Census - Oroville, Butte, California 1930 US Census - Oroville, Butte, California 1944 I believe that Lester Earl ONYETT married a Leon ??? and had a son Lester William ONYETT, he died on 10th January 1944 and was 21 years old. The following appears on an ONYETT biography, this mention Calvin his Uncle and Irvin LITTLE an Aunt which ties up with the above chart, the other child Bert married a Betty so I do think is was Lester's child as his mother is mentioned as Leon CALVIN, and as Lester died in 1927 I assume that Leon married again. Details of the Biography found on http://www.orovilleveteransmemorialpark.org/Biographies/Oroville/onyett/onyett.htm is as follows: Born Died January 10, 1944 Service Branch Marines Rank Rating or Job Unit Campaign WWII, Paratrooper, Sniper, Guadalcanal, New Caledonia Military Citations Purple Heart Honors Family Notes In So. Pacific By Japanese Ambush Paratrooper’s Death After Long Service Told By Comrade. From an Oroville man who served in the same outfit, news has been received here of the death in action of Pfc. Lester William Onyett, 21, of Oroville. Pvt. Onyett, a marine paratrooper, was killed while fighting in the Pacific when a squad to which he had been assigned as a replacement, was ambushed, according to George Lerner, a member of Onyett’s old unit. Lerner said, Onyett’s former buddies had asked that he write to Calvin Onyett, the marine’s uncle and inform him of Onyett’s death. Lerner wrote to his sister and requested her to convey the news to Oyett’s relatives. Onyett enlisted in June, 1942. He was graduated from Bird Street school and completed high school in Toledo, Ore. He later attended college in San Mateo. He worked for the Onyett dairy before going into the service. Marine Casualty Pfc. Lester William Onyett, of Oroville, a Marine paratrooper, was one of the first Butte county men to give his life in the expanding American drive against Japanese bases in the Pacific. Onyett died when the squad with which he was serving was ambushed, presumably in the Gilberts. Friends of Onyett said all but three of the men in the squad were killed, and that one of those who came out alive was wounded. Onyette, formerly employed at Onyett’s dairy here was a sniper as well as a paratrooper. He was in New Caledonia, and served on Guadalcanal before going into the action in which he met death. His mother, Mrs. Leon Clover lives at Rockport, near Ft. Bragg. His grandmother is Mrs. Sadie Onyett of Oroville, Mrs. Irvin Little of Gridley is an aunt and Calvin Onyett of Oroville is an uncle. Sources Mercury-Register There is also a picture of Lester William ONYETT on this Web Site. NOTE - At the beginning of the line the name is UNNIOT and through the years it changes until today it is ONYETT. At present we are not certain as to when the name actually became ONYETT. As there are several variants in the spelling I have put the name ONYETT first on all the charts and then followed that with the spelling for that particular chart and indexed the whole line under ONYETT. ie ONYETT/UNYAT Chart 0700. The actual name as we have it appears for the actual people on the Chart.

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4 Lester William ONYETT born about 21st July 1922 Butte County California, USA occupation Onyett Dairies WWII Paratrooper - Service Branch Marines citation Purple Heart died WWII 9th December 1943 (10th January 1944) South Pacific by Japanese Ambush cemetery Golden Gate National Cemetery 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno California 94066 Section B Site 134
	Lester William ONYETT

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